red - cardinal
orange - mystery orange thing, also baltimore oriole
yellow - goldfinch, evening grosbeak
green - ruby throated hummingbird
blue - indigo bunting
brown - finches
tan - chickadee
black - grackle
white - nuthatch
black and white and red all over - rose-breasted grosbeak

Labels: birds

It's a good and bad week for birds. The grosbeaks have come back this week and I saw a Baltimore oriole way up high in the trees which never happens. My neighbor Chris was over so he was able to help me identify the bird and share in the little "yay orioles!" party. It was a bad week for the hermit thrush who flew into the window, first one of the season.

It was a good and bad week for Ubuntu+Jessamyn. I got briefly internet-famous which as you all know does not translate into beer or anything useful most of the time. Then I spent too much of yesterday trying to get Ubuntu to do all the great stuff it does on my own laptop. I installed what seemed like several hundred package upgrades. I got Flash working. I was online... and then something happened and I wasn't anymore. Then I looked out the window and was like "what the HELL am I doing inside today?" and left.

It was a good and bad week for the lawn. I actually got off my ass and raked up last year's leaves and gave everything the once over. The good news is that tulips and daffodils are up and looking great. The bad news is that I have no idea what the hell I am doing and that's going to be clear in about four days as the lawn gets overgrown and I don't even know how to start the lawnmower. I'd consider investing in seven cats just so it's obvious that I plan to hole up here for the next 40 years (j/k, j/k) but my neighbor has those. Maybe he'll let me borrow them.

My Summer travel plans include Burlington (VLA), Puerto Rico (ACURIL), Ann Arbor, New York (wedding), Portland (MeFi Anniversary) and Seattle (wedding). I think I am taking August off.

Labels: birds, jessamyn, spring, ubuntu